Blackwater Ben By William Durbin. Thirteen-year-old Ben Ward is getting up before daylight, spending the winter of 1898, his first winter at Blackwater Logging Camp, as cook's helper to his pa. Long days of peeling potatoes and washing dishes with his ornery pa makes Ben yearn to get out in the woods, felling trees, sawing timber, driving a team through the snow. Eventually, the long, cold winter in a camp filled with outlandish characters teaches Ben a lot about himself and his pa. PB. 197 pgs.
